Claudio Magliona

Practice:

Claudio Magliona has extensive practice in corporate and financing, technology law, telecommunications, intellectual and industrial property and entertainment law, including corporate structures, mergers and acquisitions, financing, licensing and software development agreements, franchising, data protection, computer crimes and film distribution, production and financing. Mr. Magliona also handles government relations and policy matters.

Relevant Transactions:

Relevant Transactions: acquisition of Bazuca.com by VTR (2007), acquisition of Deremate.com Chile by MercadoLibre (2009), multimillion buy out in famous consumer product company (2010), international financing of Compara Online by Grupo Kaszek (2012), acquisition of CortaContas (Brasil) and entrance of BuscaPe Group to Compara Online (2013), acquisition of renal care centers by Diaverum UK (2012-2013), acquisition of SaferTaxi by Tappsi SAS (Colombia) (2014) and the acquisition of Portalinmobiliario by Mercado Libre (2014), credit agreement from Société Générale to Sucden Chile S.A. (2016), Adessa Falabella Data Center sale to GTD Grupo Teleductos (2018), advised Kaszek Ventures in financing rounds for Fintual (2020), Phage Technologies and Xepelin (2021), among others.

Ranked by (i) Chambers Latin America 2026 in TMT (Telecom, Media and Technology) (Band 1) and in Intellectual Property (Band 4), (ii) Chambers Fintech Legal 2025 (Band 1), (iii) Chambers Global 2025 in Intellectual Property (Band 4), (iv) The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 in TMT (Leading Partner) and Intellectual Property (Leading Partner), (v) The Legal 500 Chile Awards 2024 as Lawyer of the Year in TMT, (vi) Best Lawyers 2025 as Lawyer of the Year in Information Technology Law, also featured in Privacy and Data Security Law and featured in Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law and Technology Law, (vii) Leaders League 2025 as leader in Fintech, Telecommunications Law and Technology; Highly Recommended in Enforcement & Anti-counterfeiting Actions; Recommended in Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Trademark Prosecution, IP Litigation and in Corporate and M&A and Valuable Practice in Banking and Finance, (viii) IP Stars 2025 as Trademark Star, (ix) Leading Lawyers 2022 as the most influential lawyer in Chile in TMT.

Claudio Magliona together with a group of peers was awarded the 2012 Probono Case recognition because of his probono work in intellectual property.

Professional Experience:

From 1998-2002 and 2006 Mr. Magliona worked as an associate with Carey y Cia’s Banking and Financial Group, where he headed transactions such as D&S Debt Restructure (CH$119.707.000.000) and the Foreign Credit Agreement from San Paolo Imi to Banco del Desarrollo (US$100.000.000). Focused on corporate law, in particular, banking and foreign investment regulations and technology law. Organized and drafted merger and joint venture agreements. Participated in proceedings related to foreign investment applications, notes issuances and Chilean offshore stock exchange applications with the Superintendence of Banks and Financial Entities, the Central Bank of Chile and the Superintendence of Securities. Structured and drafted syndicated loan agreements and derivatives transactions. Advised clients and drafted reports on issues regarding technology and law, including e-commerce, data protection and copyright.

From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Magliona worked as a foreign attorney with Greenberg Glusker’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group (part of Neff Law Group Merger), Los Angeles, CA. Focused on corporate and technology matters for many of the world’s major computer software and technology companies. Negotiated and structured international commercial transactions, licensing and transfer of technology agreements. During that time, he also was legal advisor to the Latin America Committee of the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Washington, D.C. and BSA country manager in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. Handled government relations, policy and enforcement issues affecting copyright industries.

Books, Articles and Speaking Engagements:

Claudio Magliona has spoken at numerous conferences around Latin America and has been quoted in several publications. He is author of several publications on technology and law, data protection, intellectual property and film financing, including the book Computer Crime and Fraud, Comparative Law and Law No. 19,223, for Editorial Jurídica de Chile and the article Doing Business in Latin America: Opportunities and Pitfalls, Los Angeles Business Journal.

Since 2019, he is author for Chambers and Partners in the Cybersecurity and Data Protection & Privacy guides, as well as Lexology Getting the Deal Through, specifically, he contributed to the Chile chapters for Licensing 2022, Digital Business 2025, and Data Protection and Privacy 2025.

Professional Affiliations:

Mr. Magliona is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Education:
Mr. Magliona is a graduate of the Universidad de Chile (Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales with distinction, 1997) and Stanford Law School (Master of Laws (LLM) in Law, Science & Technology, 2003). He was admitted to the Bar in 1997.

Academic Activities:

Mr. Magliona is Professor at Universidad de Chile Law School and former Director of the LLM in Law, Technologies, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property (2012-2016).

Language:

Spanish, English and is proficient in Hebrew.